Microcolona ponophora

Microcolona ponophora is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

Microcolona ponophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Elachistidae
Genus:
Microcolona
Species:
M. ponophora
Binomial name
Microcolona ponophora
Meyrick, 1897

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewings are brown, irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous. There is a broad whitish patch extending along the basal two-thirds of the dorsum and a small whitish spot on the middle of the dorsum and another before the tornus, separated by dark fuscous suffusion. The discal stigmata is black, raised and partially whitish-edged, first in middle, second at three-fourth. There is a small ochreous-whitish oblique triangular spot on the costa before two-thirds, preceded and followed by patches of dark fuscous suffusion. There are two or three black dots longitudinally placed towards the apex. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona ponophora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. Microcolona at funet
  3. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 22 (2) : 375


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